Children's graves
Evidence from burial records for Ss Mary & John Parish indicates that over 1,600 children were buried in the churchyard from 1878 to 1929. Not all children had a memorial and there are no records indicating the whereabouts of unmarked graves. The Oxford Family History Society has identified 146 children's graves from 1878 to 1990.
Reference numbers refer to the plan of the churchyardused in the Monumental Inscription Transcript prepared by the Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS). A CD-ROM giving the full transcript of all the memorials in the churchyard is available from the OFHS.
Memorial reference |
Name |
Date of death |
Age |
Other information |
A230 |
Ashley Prowse |
22 Dec 1990 |
5 months |
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A240 |
Sarah Morris |
12 Jan 1980 |
6 months |
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A242 |
Ian Tarrant |
6 Jan 1947 |
3 months |
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A243 |
Graham Wooten |
7 Jan 1947 |
17 months |
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A244 |
Martin Baylis |
27 Oct 1947 |
20 months |
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A252 |
David Hunt |
15 Dec 1953 |
5 weeks |
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B2 |
Harold Durham |
26 Apr 1923 |
7 years |
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B11 |
Florence Meadows |
24 Jan 1905 |
15 years |
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B17 |
Mary Breach |
19 Dec 1943 |
7 months |
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B29A |
Edith Huxley |
1907 |
5 years |
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B72 |
Maria Humphries |
5 Mar 1882 |
7 months |
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B78 |
Alice Sallis |
1886 |
4 months |
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B89 |
Watson Russell |
9 Aug 1934 |
12 years |
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B99 |
Florence Allen |
17 Apr 1887 |
15 years |
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B133 |
Danald Walter |
|
6 months |
Son of priest |
B152 |
Arthur Thomas |
12 Nov 1888 |
4 months |
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B223 |
John Denys Mardon Mowbray |
7 Oct 1891 |
6 months |
Son of the architect of SSMJ Church |
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C1 |
Jessie Morley |
27 Feb 1916 |
9 years |
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C105 |
James Gilbert |
27 Oct 1913 |
10 years |
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D8A |
Margaret Knight |
17 Dec 1930 |
8 years |
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D10A |
David Deeley |
31 Mar 1931 |
2 years |
|
D11 |
Reginald Cartwright |
14 Sep 1902 |
7 years |
|
D12A |
Keith Ashfield |
5 Jun 1931 |
15 months |
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D15A |
Reginald Hunt |
1927 |
6 years |
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D16 |
Harry Hambidge |
17 Jul 1881 |
7 years |
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D16A |
Betty Edgington |
23 Jan 1927 |
11 months |
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D17 |
Donald Grant |
20 Apr 1930 |
6 years |
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D18A |
John Eagles |
13 Feb 1922 |
16 days |
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D19A |
Raymond Woodley |
15 Aug 1921 |
2 months |
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D19B |
Juanita Hale |
14 Jul 1919 |
3 years |
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D22 |
Maria Rogers |
6 Sep 1880 |
4 months |
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D22A |
Constance Roberts |
26 Oct 1915 |
2 years |
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D23A |
Harley Simpson |
18 Jul 1925 |
6 years |
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D58 |
Caroline Miles |
18 Jul 1923 |
8 years |
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D60 |
Doris Arthur |
11 Oct 1914 |
12 years |
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D104 |
Winifred Hills |
31 Oct 1928 |
16 years |
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D113 |
Doris Skelly |
5 Jan 1910 |
13 years |
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D116 |
Edith Walker |
6 Mar 1918 |
20 months |
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D117 |
Aubrey Nicholls |
11 Aug 1907 |
14 years |
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D121 |
Caroline Bilder |
12 May 1885 |
12 years |
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D144 |
Seymore Coombs |
7 Aug 1880 |
7 years |
Accidentally drowned in the Cherwell |
Lucy Coombs |
8 Jan 1889 |
2 years |
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D152 |
Ivy Smith |
17 Feb 1908 |
3 years |
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D154 |
John Jarvis |
17 Feb 1906 |
9 years |
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D179 |
Roland Garrett |
27 Jun 1911 |
6 years |
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D206 |
Brian Russell |
20 Jul 1937 |
3 years |
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D208 |
George Jennings |
9 Nov 1889 |
8 years |
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D216 |
Frederick Longhurst |
27 May 1900 |
6 years |
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D221 |
Maggie How |
13 Feb 1892 |
16 years |
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D223 |
Florence Blagrove |
9 Jul 1892 |
No age given |
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D229 |
Georgia Pheasant |
9 Aug 1893 |
18 months |
siblings |
Robert Pheasant |
4 Mar 1895 |
6 months |
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D322 |
Richard Newton |
13 Nov 1894 |
14 years |
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D238 |
Kate Millin |
9 Nov 1892 |
14 years |
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D239 |
Gerald Jackman |
6 Mar 1894 |
6 years |
siblings |
Percy Jackman |
14 Feb 1903 |
12 years |
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D262 |
Florence Wings |
22 May 1897 |
4 years |
siblings |
William Wings |
26 Feb 1898 |
4 years |
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D263 |
Cyril Mundy |
25 Jul 1893 |
13 months |
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D264 |
Edgar Barber |
4 Apr 1909 |
11 years |
Siblings murdered by mother |
Winifred Barber |
4 Apr 1909 |
10 years |
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E72 |
Dora Wakefield |
15 May 1931 |
13 years |
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E176 |
Arthur Gardiner |
25 Mar 1892 |
15 months |
siblings |
Reginald Gardiner |
13 Jan 1904 |
8 years |
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E210 |
Henry Pitt |
30 Dec 1899 |
5 months |
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E211 |
Marjory Coombs |
1892 |
3 years |
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E214 |
Dorothy Godfrey |
26 Aug 1892 |
26 days |
siblings |
Reginald Godfrey |
10 Oct 1893 |
5 years |
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F40 |
Olive Howes |
3 Mar 1929 |
8 years |
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Valerie Howes |
15 Sep 1933 |
6 hours |
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F57 |
Emma Davis |
4 Nov 1884 |
16 months |
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F60 |
William Hounslow |
19 Jan 1895 |
13 months |
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F63 |
Mabel Lyster |
22 Sep 1898 |
5 months |
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F65 |
Elsie Gordon |
24 Oct 1905 |
2 years |
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F66 |
Mavis Dore |
4 Nov 1933 |
3 years |
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F67 |
Annie Whitworth |
31 Dec 1881 |
3 years |
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F70 |
Hubert Richards |
14 May 1895 |
9 months |
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F74 |
Harry Woodward |
Jan 1879 |
6 years |
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F80 |
Guy Swinhoe |
26 Sep 1896 |
11 weeks |
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F81 |
Jean Byer |
11 Feb 1922 |
22 months |
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F82 |
Arthur Mitchel |
14 Apr 1908 |
4 years |
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F85 |
Arthur Adams |
21 Nov 1902 |
4 years |
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F87 |
Iris Collett |
1917 |
13 months |
siblings |
Basil Collett |
1 Aug 1931 |
12 years |
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F88 |
Reginald Thorp |
15 Sep 1888 |
3 years |
siblings |
Leslie Thorp |
2 Mar 1895 |
19 months |
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F89 |
Gilbert Tyrell |
28 Mar 1895 |
14 months |
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F89B |
Nora Gray |
22 Mar 1911 |
11 months |
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F89C |
Hilda Haynes |
25 Jul 1917 |
9 years |
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F99 |
John Gilbert |
4 Sep 1886 |
2 years |
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F99A |
Hubert Shurma |
11 Nov 1886 |
2 months |
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F101 |
John Byles |
29 Feb 1920 |
5 weeks |
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F107 |
Rowland Wheeler |
6 Jan 1886 |
4 years |
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F112 |
Maria Westell |
17 Nov 1896 |
2 years |
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F113 |
Percy Brown |
5 Aug 1887 |
2 years |
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F114 |
Edith Kirtland |
1887 |
Siblings died in infancy |
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Hubert Kirtland |
1897 |
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F115 |
Hannah Loxley |
26 Feb 1888 |
3 years |
Siblings - |
Ellen Loxley |
4 Mar 1889 |
4 days |
Died close together |
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Wilfred Loxley |
15 Mar 1889 |
2 years |
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F123 |
Ronnie Hounslow |
5 Apr 1924 |
23 months |
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F121, F122, F134 |
Examples of child-sized graves, originally bounded by black edging bricks; no inscription |
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F126 |
Owen King |
8 Nov 1890 |
6 years |
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F133 |
John Bunting |
2 Jan 1924 |
6 weeks |
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F136 |
Laura Panting |
26 Oct 1892 |
5 years |
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F137 |
George King |
26 Sep 1892 |
5 years |
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F140 |
Charles Hoare Elizabeth Hoare |
14 Jun 1902 30 Sep 1902 |
17 months 5 years |
Siblings - died in same year |
F141 |
Avarice Fisher |
9 Dec 1887 |
14 months |
siblings |
William Fisher |
19 Jan 1889 |
21 months |
siblings |
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Horace Fisher |
9 Dec 1897 |
3 years |
siblings |
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F143 |
Louise Cripps |
25 Jan 1887 |
10 months |
siblings |
Alfred Cripps |
16 Aug 1892 |
3 years |
siblings |
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Ruth Cripps |
8 Jun 1902 |
18 months |
?half-sister |
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F146 |
Mabel Pratley |
11 Apr 1892 |
8 years |
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F150 |
Gertrude Draper Grace Draper Kenneth |
1889 1886 1893 |
Infant children no further info |
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F151 |
Sidney Skerry |
1899 |
3 years |
siblings |
Arthur Skerry |
1901 |
2 years |
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F152 |
Florence Hurst |
28 Feb 1895 |
7 days |
siblings |
Alice Hurst |
15 Mar 1906 |
5 years |
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F154 |
Harold Neville |
21 Mar 1924 |
2 years |
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F164 |
Horace Herbert |
1 Apr 1889 |
11 months |
siblings |
Frederick Herbert |
30 Nov 1894 |
5 years |
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F180 |
Charles Harrison |
17 May 1890 |
7 months |
Siblings |
Margaret Harrison |
9 Mar 1891 |
4 months |
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F185 |
Griffith Howels |
6 Oct 1893 |
3 years |
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F187 |
Daisey Wyatt |
19 Oct 1885 |
11 months |
siblings |
Ernest Wyatt |
30 Jun 1895 |
9 months |
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Frank Wyatt |
12 May 1899 |
13 months |
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F189 |
Edith Spiller |
8 Dec 1881 |
10 months |
siblings |
Sidney Spiller |
29 Dec 1882 |
13 months |
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F190 |
Charles Morris |
7 Mar 1882 |
13 months |
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F191 |
Annie Miller |
10 Jan 1882 |
2 years |
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F192 |
Charles Cumming |
18 Oct 1885 |
23 months |
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F202 |
Carole Ann Thompson |
29 Jun 1947 |
5 years |
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F311 |
Mathew Crispen Truss |
7 Jun 1974 |
7 months |
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G106 |
Francis Mazey |
5 Oct 1906 |
7 years (burial record suggests 6 yrs) |
Father and son died within 1 month |
H1 |
Alfred Rayson |
25 Sep 1935 |
15 years |
|
H90 |
Raymond Bullock |
5 Apr 1894 |
5 years |
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H20 |
Alice Giles |
7 Dec 1911 |
15 months |
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H22 |
Harry Horn |
1 May 1920 |
2 years |
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H53 |
Harry Westbury |
Sept 1917 |
3 ½ months |
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H55 |
Ethel Froude |
13 May 1887 |
10 months |
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H58 |
Alice Gammon |
29 Dec 1890 |
4 years |
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H60 |
Cecelia Daley |
20 Sep 1906 |
2 years |